Month: April 2018

The Apple store is playing musical chairs at the Lehigh Valley Mall in Whitehall Township — only it’s taking over two spaces at the center’s outdoor shops and vacating its current home. Apple will move to the spaces previously occupied by J. Crew and Ann Taylor, which closed at the mall last month… This story …

If you’re shopping for a new home in the Lehigh Valley or selling your old one, you’ve seen all the warning signs of a sellers’ market: prices are up, inventory is down, and homes are flying off the market at record speeds. In some municipalities — like Forks Township in Northampton County and… This story …

Federal regulators slapped Wells Fargo & Co. with a fine of $ 1 billion on Friday, punishing the San Francisco bank for abuses that harmed mortgage and auto loan borrowers, and for what regulators said was a pervasive and “reckless” lack of risk management. The penalty, announced by the Office of… This story original published …

Qualifying patients should have access to medical marijuana in flower and dry leaf form at dispensaries by the end of summer. Pennsylvania Secretary of Health Rachel Levine announced Monday she would implement all of the changes to the medical marijuana program recommended last week by an advisory… This story original published here: LV Business Cycle …

The Norris family has built a thriving enterprise from businesses that former owners abandoned in frustration. The latest phoenix for Dura-Bond — the family owned company founded by J.M. “Buster” Norris in 1960 — to rise from the ashes is U.S. Steel’s former pipe mill in McKeesport, Allegheny County. … This story original published here: …

Bankrupt chain The Bon-Ton Stores Inc. said in a court filing Monday it has received several bids for the company’s assets — but only one of those offers an opportunity for the business to continue. The two sides, however, need a little longer to iron out a deal, so an auction originally rescheduled… This story …

The dysfunction sown by opioid and heroin abuse has taken its toll on families, emergency services and the health care and criminal justice systems. But the workplace, where about three-quarters of Americans affected by substance abuse clock in most days, is no exception. Most Lehigh Valley employers… This story original published here: LV Business Cycle …

Trouble for technology companies set off a rout Monday as markets were also rattled by growing fears about a trade war with China. It was a broad sell-off: The Dow Jones industrial average plunged more than 758 points at its low in afternoon trading before clawing back some of its losses. It finished… This story …